Early detection ... Parish. CWD is a neurodegenerative disease of white-tailed deer and other members of the family Cervidae. It is caused by a prion, an infectious, misfolded protein particle ...

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission is expanding the Chronic Wasting Disease Control Area in northeast central ...

Prion disease experts are concerned about spillover of chronic wasting disease into other species of wildlife, livestock and ...

POWELL — Prion disease experts are concerned about spillover of chronic wasting disease into other species of wildlife, livestock and even humans from direct contact with or environmental ...

Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a lethal and contagious neurological disorder, is spreading rapidly among wildlife across 36 US states and several other countries. Experts are emphasizing the grave ...

In 2000, five U.S. states and one Canadian province had confirmed cases of CWD in cervids. By 2021, 36 U.S. states and four Canadian provinces had reported cases of the fatal prion disease. A prion is ...

(WAND) - Chronic wasting disease has been detected in four more Illinois counties. CWD was reported in Putnam, Marshall, Adams, and Peoria counties, expanding the geographic presence of the ...

Washtenaw County has reported its first case of chronic wasting disease in a wild deer ... deer in every Michigan county for early disease detection. Management is most effective when the disease ...